Local time
Sun, 9:30 AM GMTAfrica/FreetownCityCapital
Freetown
8.47° N, 13.24° W
- Population
- 827,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 5
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 5 cities of Sierra Leone in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Sierra Leone, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Africa/Freetown
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Freetown, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Freetown have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name described the original settlement in 1781, which served as a haven for free-born and freed African Americans.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person